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Wheat Subsidies** in Wasco County, Oregon totaled $48.8 million from 1995-2012.

From 1995 to 2012, the top 10 percent of wheat subsidy** recipients
were paid 62 percent of wheat subsidies**.

Pct. of Recipients

Pct. of Payments

Number of Recipients

Total Payments 1995-2012

Payment per Recipient

Top 1%

11%

5

$4,261,282

$852,256

Top 2%

20%

11

$7,555,814

$686,892

Top 3%

28%

17

$10,426,946

$613,350

Top 4%

35%

23

$13,060,020

$567,827

Top 5%

41%

29

$15,362,579

$529,744

Top 6%

46%

35

$17,397,505

$497,072

Top 7%

50%

40

$18,843,090

$471,077

Top 8%

54%

46

$20,379,555

$443,034

Top 9%

58%

52

$21,802,783

$419,284

Top 10%

62%

58

$23,144,547

$399,044

Top 11%

65%

64

$24,391,086

$381,111

Top 12%

68%

70

$25,488,625

$364,123

Top 13%

71%

76

$26,474,912

$348,354

Top 14%

72%

81

$27,174,111

$335,483

Top 15%

74%

87

$27,963,629

$321,421

Top 16%

76%

93

$28,657,873

$308,149

Top 17%

78%

99

$29,287,751

$295,836

Top 18%

80%

105

$29,872,301

$284,498

Top 19%

81%

111

$30,419,926

$274,053

Top 20%

82%

117

$30,886,196

$263,985

Remaining 80% of recips.

18%

468

$6,651,440

$14,212

Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011and 2012 are incomplete due to missing data from USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition some payments made in 2010 were not assigned to recipients in the data received from NRCS. Those payments are also not included.

The information provided for the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) provides an inaccurate picture of how WRP payments are distributed. USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service uses title companies as intermediaries to finalize wetlands easements under the Wetlands Reserve Program. As a result, the data provided to us shows large sums of money going to these title companies. In reality, the payments are ultimately distributed to landowners participating in the WRP.

Unfortunately, NRCS has not provided the data to show where these farms and wetlands are located or which farmers or landowners are enrolling in the program, so EWG is unable to allocate these large sums of money to individuals beyond the title companies. Therefore, these companies skew the conservation rankings and payment concentration, which EWG cannot avoid unless and until NRCS makes available the additional farm attribution data. Therefore, we have not included WRP payments in the 2011 or 2012 data update.

We have separated data on farm commodity, disaster and conservation payments in order to provide a more accurate picture of top recipients and concentration of payments among the three main categories of USDA programs.

Finally, EWG works hard to ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and services, but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information USDA provides or any analysis based thereon. If you find an error or discrepancy on the site, please contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to check its records before contacting EWG.